Honor Society

Mission

The mission of the Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society is to recognize, reward, and encourage academic excellence in the study of healthcare management and policy.

Goals

To encourage interest in academic preparation for careers in healthcare management and policy

To promote activity that will elevate the standards, ideals, competence, and ethics of women and men preparing for careers in healthcare management, policy, and leadership

To provide financial assistance through scholarships to outstanding students pursuing academic degrees that prepare individuals for careers in healthcare management, policy, and leadership

To recognize, by means of granting honorary memberships, individuals who have made outstanding contribution to the profession

Upsilon Phi Delta Requirements

UPD Membership

Membership in Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society is open to individuals who meet the national and local standards of this organization and are accepted and initiated into membership of a collegiate chapter. Membership is open to students, faculty, healthcare executives and administrators, and to those contributing to the healthcare administration profession.

Minimum Standards for Students

Undergraduate members must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale in 18 hours of work after officially declaring a healthcare administration major at an AUPHA Member Program. Graduate members must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 based on at least 18 hours of graduate work at an AUPHA Member Program.

Get Involved in Upsilon Phi DeltaIf you are a student interested in induction to the Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society and your program currently supports a chapter (see the list below), contact your Program Director for more information. If your program does not currently support an Upsilon Phi Delta Chapter, contact Chris Sanyer at csanyer@aupha.org for more information on how to start a chapter at your program.

Current UPD Chapters

Alma CollegeAppalachian State UniversityArmstrong State UniversityArmy-Baylor UniversityAT Still UniversityAuburn UniversityBarry UniversityBoston University School of Public HealthCalifornia State University - ChicoCalifornia State University - Long Beach (UG)California State University, Los AngelesCalifornia State University, Northridge (UG)Clayton State University (UG)College of Saint ElizabethCornell University/Sloan Program in Health AdministrationDavenport UniversityDillard UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEastern Washington University (UG)Florida Atlantic University (G)Florida Atlantic University (UG)George Mason University (G)George Mason University (U)George Washington UniversityGeorgetown University (G)Georgetown University (UG)Georgia State UniversityGovernors State University (G)Governors State University (UG)Grand Valley State UniversityHofstra UniversityIndiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public HealthJefferson College of Health Sciences (UG)Johns Hopkins UniversityLoyola University Chicago (UG)Mary Baldwin UniversityMarymount UniversityMedical University of South Carolina (G)Methodist UniversityMetropolitan State University of Denver (UG)New York University (UG)Norfolk State UniversityOhio State UniversityOld Dominion UniversityOregon State UniversityPacific UniversityPennsylvania College of Health SciencesPennsylvania State University - HarrisburgPfeiffer UniversityPortland State UniversityRobert Morris UniversityRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceRush UniversitySaint Leo UniversitySaint Louis University (G)Saint Louis University (UG)Seton Hall UniversitySimmons CollegeStevenson UniversityStonehill CollegeStony Brook UniversityTennessee State UniversityTexas A&M Health Science CenterTexas A&M University - Corpus ChristiTexas Southern University (UG)Texas State University (G)Texas State University (UG)Texas Tech UniversityTexas Woman's University HoustonTowson UniversityTrinity University (G)Tulane UniversityUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (G)University of Alabama at Birmingham (U)University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUniversity of BaltimoreUniversity of California - Los AngelesUniversity of Central Florida (g)University of Central Florida (UG)University of Detroit MercyUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Houston - Clear LakeUniversity of IowaUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of Maryland University CollegeUniversity of MemphisUniversity of Miami (G)University of Michigan - FlintUniversity of Minnesota (G)University of Minnesota DuluthUniversity of Minnesota, Executive MHAUniversity of MissouriUniversity of Mount OliveUniversity of New HampshireUniversity of New HavenUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteUniversity of North Florida (G)University of North Florida (UG)University of Phoenix (G)University of Phoenix (UG)University of PittsburghUniversity of Puerto Rico - Medical Science Campus (G)University of Scranton (G)University of Scranton (UG)University of South CarolinaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern IndianaUniversity of St. FrancisUniversity of Texas at ArlingtonUniversity of Texas at TylerUniversity of the Incarnate WordUniversity of Washington SeattleUniversity of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeVirginia Commonwealth University (G)Walden University (D)Walden University (G)Walden University (UG)Weber State University (G)Weber State University (UG)Winthrop UniversityXavier University (G)

Contact

Note concerning UPD Merchandise AUPHA does not sell UPD pins, cords or tassels to individuals. These items can only be obtained direclty from a UPD Chapter. Please contact your UPD Chapter for information on how to receive these items.

Charter UPD Chapters

Charter chapters are those chapters that originated the earliest drafts of the bylaws and agreed to the creation of a national honorary society. The Charter members were established on September 1, 1999. They are:

The University of Arkansas
Georgetown University
University of Florida
University of Houston-Clear Lake
University of Minnesota
University of New Hampshire
University of North Florida
University of South Carolina
University of Washington
Washington University

Organizing Chapters

Organizing chapters are those chapters that were founded prior to the finalizing of the Society's Constitution and who assisted in the development of the national organization. They are:

University of Baltimore
University of Memphis
University of Scranton
Seton Hall University
Towson University